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Bullet Rogue by squirrelsoft

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made by squirrelsoft for LD 41 (JAM)

Bullet Rogue

As a well respected rogue you invade yet another dungeon, but this time something is different... Your enemies are no usual goblins ! they are bullet hell fodder ! and the bosses ... oh the bosses...

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Controls

  • numpad/[Q,W,E,A,S,D,Z,X,C] to move
  • space to use the equipped item!
  • 123/[J,K,L] to switch trough your inventory

sound effects are from https://www.sound-fishing.net/

Post LD version

+3hours version

Release notes : - [BUG] Evil TurtleTank are now placed in the center of the tile. - [BUG] Bullets don't play one more turn than their lifetime anymore. - [BUG] Bullets were spawning with a delay of one turn. - [FCT] Enemies become red the turn just before shooting bullet(s).

+2weeks version (but sadly, not two weeks of works on the game)

Release notes : - [FCT] Bullets, camera, enemies and player are now moving following an interpolation. - [FCT] Exploding bullets are now green and goes black to display their lifetime. - [FCT] Menu are now skipped on the release event of space bar.

Git hub https://github.com/ChristopheClaustre/LD41
HTML5 (web) https://squirrelsoft.itch.io/ld41-bullet-rogue
HTML5 (web) https://squirrelsoft.itch.io/ld41-bulletrogue-3hours-version
HTML5 (web) https://squirrelsoft.itch.io/ld41-bulletrogue-2weeks-version
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/bullet-rogue

Ratings

Overall 937th 3.065⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Fun 782th 3.087⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 720th 3.196⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Theme 763th 3.348⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 952th 2.739⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Audio 600th 2.881⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Mood 973th 2.739⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Given 37🗳️ 15🗨️

Feedback

lpriebe
24. Apr 2018 · 03:48 UTC
I made it to the end after a number of attempts. I enjoyed it, though there were a few things that were unclear and made the game more confusing than necessary for the first several tries:
- Bullets travel (and do damage) for one more space after disappearing.
- Bullet trails don't appear on the turn they're fired, making it hard to tell where they're going at first. Normally you can tell by positioning, but it took me a while to realize that the ones fired by the tanks on the second level were moving at all, because they're only visible for one turn.

Once I figured out what was actually happening on the second floor, I had a lot of fun trying to make it through.
kack3y
24. Apr 2018 · 04:18 UTC
Hi @lpriebe, and thanks for your comment.
We were aware about those bugs you found. I am really sorry it alter your experience of our game.

Actually, I just finished some bugfixes, so we will try to upload another version soon.

Hope you enjoy our bosses we put a lot of love in them.
Ratherjolly
28. Apr 2018 · 16:41 UTC
This game is tougher than it looks and fun! Great Easy Tutorial to match the theme. I also enjoyed the random layouts so I could keep retrying. Great Job!
eptwalabha
30. Apr 2018 · 19:41 UTC
Nice game. Even if I did not pass the second level… too hard for me.
You should animate/tween the bullets/player for a better visibility.
Good job nonetheless.
angry-cyboot
02. May 2018 · 23:29 UTC
@eptwalabha Yeah we had a hard time to finish the visuals in time, we may put an other post-Ld version that help with visibility.
bryyrt
03. May 2018 · 01:10 UTC
Overall, an interesting game to play for a little bit. It was a bit confusing, but I think it's fun to figure out how the game works.
Tommislav
04. May 2018 · 21:31 UTC
I liked this game a lot! A lot of strategy where every move counts!
It was a little hard to grasp how the enemies and bullets were moving. The bullet trails did not show until they had travelled one step. A little confusing with the moving tanks/cannons in the first area. And did not quite grasp the red areas around the turrets as they were about to fire...

I hope you continue working on this game. If you could just add animations/transitions on the enemies between their turns I think all of my issues above will be solved!

Really solid work! Well done!!
sandsower
07. May 2018 · 22:29 UTC
Nice game, I really like the concept and I think it's well executed for the most part. The visuals make it a bit tricky to detect movement though, maybe making the floor on a checkered style would work?
kack3y
08. May 2018 · 19:17 UTC
Hi guys, and thanks you for all your feedbacks ;)

I just uploaded a new version with I hope no new bugs.

Btw you can thanks @tommislav for this new version I wasn't really wanting to do a new version (with work and all). But seeing there is at least one person wanting us to continue to work on it, I couldn't not do at least one last version.

We hope you will finally understand something at our Bullet hell/rogue-like game. Enjoy.
TheAioliGuy
09. May 2018 · 01:44 UTC
Great work on this entry! The music was nice, the controls were explained in a very nice way by using the scene tiles. Overall I enjoyed it!
Trenogre
09. May 2018 · 03:04 UTC
This game is great! Absolutely loved the game play of bullet hell with some degree of turn based strategy. Also very much enjoyed that the turn base didn't make the game easier at all. Very fun concept.
chadrbanks
09. May 2018 · 03:10 UTC
Nice little game. Health kits need to be a thing.
angry-cyboot
13. May 2018 · 15:01 UTC
Thanks to everyone who tried our game, we got our 20 ratings !!

please try and rate other games in the danger category. Everyone need a grade !
https://ldjam.com/games/danger/all
Tommislav
14. May 2018 · 20:08 UTC
@kack3y Glad I inspired you! I did not see your mention until now (that's life with kids). Would like to try the new version, but your 2week link at itch.io does not seem to work
maysick
15. May 2018 · 00:56 UTC
Interesting concept. I think I need to have played more rogue likes to truly understand how to move without getting hit in this game. A good blend of the two genres, though.
nilead
15. May 2018 · 19:54 UTC
Tough but fun! Great job
kack3y
16. May 2018 · 17:57 UTC
hi @tommislav, and thanks for notifying me about this error !

I have tested previous versions also and they are not working anymore even if we changed nothing. My guess is that on the new version of Firefox (60.0) WebGL is broken because it works on the browser Edge.

Have you tried only on Firefox ?
If yes, (and if you still want to test the new version :3) then please change the browser used.
Tell me if you still have problems on your side.